Food, glorious Food

[harry climber]

It must be dinner time (unless of course everyone has been banned).
Any way what's for dinner tonight?
Chicken parmiguana and roast vegies was on the menu with some white wine - very tasty indeed.

[Leftwinger]

Roast pork tonight. Made a nice rosemary and red wine jus to accompany.

250ml decent dry red wine (I used a Rosemount 2009 cabernet merlot)
250ml chicken stock
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 large sprig of rosemary

Add all ingredients to a small saucepan and gently simmer until liquid has reduced by half. You might want to add a small sprinkle of sugar (I do). Drizzle over meat and enjoy the aromatic, tangy flavour

[harry climber]

Sounds spectacular, with crackle I gather

[Leftwinger]

Oh yes, definately with crackle!!!

Didn't get round to making the sweet potato pie for dessert

[lisa jones]

Hey everyone .. dinner tomorrow night will be at Leftwinger's place lol!

[Leftwinger]

Give y'all some of that hillbilly hospitality beside my Queensland swamp (don't worry, wet seasons over and the mozzies are nearly all gone)

This kicks butt...........

JAMAICAN SWEET POTATO PUDDING

700g sweet potato, peeled and coarsely grated
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup coconut cream
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
few drops pure vanilla
20g butter, melted
1/2 cup seeded raisins (really, really optional. Do you like raisins? I hate the things, they look like rabbit shit for starters)
3 eggs


Preheat oven to 180c and a butter a 1.5 litre gratin dish. Mix all ingredients to make a batter of dropping consistency. Spoon batter into prepared dish and bake for 1 hour. Serve with thick cream or thick coconut cream ( I prefer vanilla icecream).

Notes:

* I used a 1 inch long piece of fresh ginger, finely grated.
* I also added 1/4 tsp ground star anise
* I also used a full tsp ground cinnamon
* I used 2/3 cup of golden syrup in place of brown sugar
* I find that with a fan-forced oven, 45 minutes is plenty, need to check it before an hour or it's likely to burn on top.


This is a pudding, not a pie. It has a texture somewhat similar to rice pudding which some people aren't fussed on. But the flavour...... ohh yeah!!!

[Jovial Monk]

The sweet potato pie I made to your recipe. . .bloody nice!

[Leftwinger]

Yeah, I'm pretty happy with how that turned out. It's good as a kind of a slice without shortcrust pastry (did that when I made far too much for the pie crust) though you have to be careful when cutting a piece because it's really soft.

[Jovial Monk]

Anyone watching MKR? Wish I was sitting there eating some of that incredible food!

Will definitely download some recipes from the MKR website!

[Leftwinger]

My wife watches every episode. There are some bloody nice looking dishes presented!